Elms return to the park
Stately elm trees with their characteristic vase-shape crowns once towered over forest canopy and urban landscape alike. Because of…
Out-Doors: Our Small, Fragile World
Down at the End of the Earth, in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost populated town on the planet, life unfolds…
Sacred Hunter: How much is enough?
It’s human instinct to take advantage of things in life that help nurture, sustain, enrich or simplify our lives….
Conservation Currents: Dogs and cats: To be, or not to be, outside?
When you know what they could be doing, there is no question. Once outside and on their own, “Fluffy”…
Charlotte Recreation News: April 5
Summer job posting Charlotte beach attendant: a part-time seasonal position beginning Memorial Day weekend. Responsibilities include maintenance of beach…
Sacred Hunter: No loss is without gain
It’s the time of year that many of us examine our balance sheets and seeks to claim losses to…
Stone Walls of New England
This time of the year I tend to walk around my place a lot collecting maple sap. I often…
Blizzard warning creates safety concerns for Vermonters
The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for the western edge of Vermont, and a Winter Storm…
Unprecedented extreme weather has climate change fingerprints
When Vermont reached 63 degrees to establish a new all-time record high temperature for February, I said that was…
Out-Doors: Yellowstone in winter
What makes America great? Our national parks! More than 400 properties, or “units,” dot every state, Washington, D.C. and…
January 2017 was among the warmest on record in Vermont
The mean temperature in Burlington, Vermont, for January was 29.7 degrees. That ties the mark for the third hottest…
Charlotte Garden Club presents Gardens of the Hudson Valley
The Charlotte Garden Club will sponsor a slide talk by garden designer Charlotte Albers at 10 a.m. at the…
Climbing spikes harm when pruning trees
Is your tree care provider using spikes to climb while pruning your trees? Ouch! Climbing spikes are sharpened steel…
Conservation Currents: Charlotte’s special trees
Following a legacy can be a challenge. Last year Charlotte lost two of its largest and most special trees—the…
Tornado recap, and freezing temps for us
As expected, more tornadoes broke out Sunday across the South, including a huge wedge tornado that killed four people and…
News from the Tree Warden: Emerald ash borer coming to town
At some point in the not-distant future an exotic insect, the emerald ash borer (EAB), will make its appearance…
Charlotte ice rink abuzz with activity
This weekend was the revival of outdoor ice rinks. Oh yeah, Fenway Park tried to make something of it…
Out-Doors: Natural beauty in improbable places
Palm Springs is best known for movie stars, golf courses, fancy resorts and shopping. In quantity! Yet a few…
Matt’s Weather Rapport: January thaw on the horizon
Now that the East Coast storm has gone out to sea, we turn our attention this busy weather month…
Sacred Hunter: Mastering the technology behind ice fishing
Ice fishing is not just for rednecks anymore. Put away those stereotypes of tobacco chewing, cussing, Bud-swilling archetypes and…